Accessing Inquiry for Students with Disabilities through Primary Sources. Instructors Alison Noyes and Laurie Risler. Meets Massachusetts 15-hour requirement for professional development on strategies to teach students with disabilities and diverse learners. Register.

July 29-30 – South Hadley Public Library.

NEW RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

TPS Teachers Network – Teachers with experience working with primary sources are welcome to join this network.

Resources:

New Accessible Lesson: Social Security – What is the Federal Responsibility to Care for Vulnerable People?

The passage of the Social Security Act is a watershed event in the changing role of the US government. It is history with personal relevance to the many students whose home supports are affected by the US Social Security system, including some students with disabilities. Emerging America has been collecting lesson plans that address Disability History topics in the Massachusetts History and Social Science content standards. This week, we have added a new lesson on Social Security to the Emerging America teaching resources library. This lesson plan has a special feature: the teacher who authored it offers reflections on how teaching the lesson worked with her class when she taught it the first time.